Turkey Earns $825.9 Million From Hazelnut Exports Print E-mail
Thursday, 04 March 2010

 Turkey, one of the world’s leading hazelnut producers, brought in $825.9 million from hazelnut exports in the last six months, the industry union’s data revealed on Wednesday.

Turkey shipped more than 133,898 tons of hazelnuts to almost 90 countries between September and February, figures released by the Black Sea Hazelnut Exporters Union show. One kilogram of decorticated hazelnuts traded at approximately $6.30. Of Turkey’s hazelnut exports, 101,014 tons were exported to EU countries, the union reported. Turkey earned $774.8 million from a total 159,680 tons of hazelnut exports during the same period a year before.

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